Animal Whale Poems

Sing us a song oh giant of the deep,
an ancient refrain to hear in our sleep,
let no man silence you and your kin,
if contemplated would...

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You said that I should see a whale -
a giant from the southern seas
swimming song-lines up the coast, 
and so I came on board your...

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The water from the blow hole spewed.
It’s hard to believe what then ensued.
With his powerful tail and massive speed,
The great humpback whale’s breaching was awesome...

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Some way from the Firth of Forth
A shoal of glittering mackerel
Swirls and sways 
Swells with the sea from silver to black 
Flashes white and back...

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Through the front Mr. Jonah was swallowed.
In the sea monster’s belly he wallowed.
In the muck and the gas
unhygienic, alas,
was the back door expulsion that followed....

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You told me about the whales

How the sinking act of death 
from such a massive thing was 
actually an instance of creation

How there was in...

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mount of blue sapphire 
glides in waves of wide ocean ---
waters in puzzle


12 April 2022...

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Orca breaches amid 
rolling pellucid waves;
pod accompaniment
as arching bodies play.
blowhole sprays celebrate
in random ecstasy;
ocean’s performance art.


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Orca breaches amid 
oarfish snaking among
oblivious new pod.
Orcan arching bodies
obscure oarfish slithers
on an unseen loner;
ocean’s oldest secret.





3-28-2022
In Search Of Prey Poetry Contest
Joseph May...

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The highlight of my Alaskan vacation was a singular
unexpected breach of a humpback whale.

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reflections on whale watching

humpback whales breaching 
 play on blue flowing sea swells ~
  smooth fluke prints remain
 2-17-22...

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The water from the blow hole spewed.
It’s hard to believe what then ensued.
With his powerful tail and massive speed,
The great humpback whale’s breaching was awesome...

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A blue whale’s tongue
How large can it be?
As supersized as a redwood tree.
No, not that big, the expert said.
But if you get smacked by one,...

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Aquatic colossus breaches with elation,
crystalline baubles spray towards 
periwinkle skies as casting flukes sway.
In expanse of brine play the descendants
of millennia old warriors; their songs
eco...

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Whale Sharks are listed as, endangered
and are found in, all tropical oceans on the planet
They are the largest fish and nothing like the Titanic
and their...

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